Crime & Safety

Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Girl In Kennesaw: Police

Cobb police say 20-year-old William Tyler Duke of Marietta sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl in Kennesaw.

KENNESAW, GA -- A Marietta man is behind bars Wednesday after he lead Cobb County law enforcement officers on a four-hour manhunt in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in Kennesaw, Patch has learned.

William Tyler Duke, 20, has been locked up since Monday afternoon, two days after police said he took the girl from her home. He is facing multiple charges, including sodomy and aggravated sodomy, statutory rape, interference with custody and felony aggravated child molestation, according to records from the Cobb County Sheriff's Office.

According to the arrest warrant, Duke told the boyfriend of the girl's sister that "he was not thinking of returning her home,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Police allege that Duke sexually assaulted the victim in his SUV on Heck Road in Kennesaw, where police found him after an extensive manhunt.

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